FOOD INSECURITY

Food insecurity persists in Haiti

Published on: September 19, 2023
13:31

Port-au-Prince, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) Forty-four percent of Haitians face high levels of food insecurity as a consequence of gang violence, economic slowdown and meteorological phenomena, the World Food Program (WFP) denounced.

Nearly a quarter of Malians are in food insecurity, UN warns

Published on: September 2, 2023
11:19

United Nations, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) Nearly a quarter of the population of Mali suffers moderate or acute food insecurity, according to reports described today as alarming by the United Nations humanitarian agencies.

Hunger threatens thousands in El Salvador

Published on: August 5, 2023
00:30

San Salvador, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of families in El Salvador will face food insecurity in the coming months due to the adverse climate, according to official sources.

WHO warns DRC health system is on the verge of collapse

Published on: July 2, 2023
08:15

Geneva, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that health situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is today on the verge of collapse due to disease, displacement of people, floods and food insecurity.

UN warns more nations are sliding into acute food insecurity

Published on: May 30, 2023
15:30

United Nations, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Extreme weather events, conflicts and economic crises are pushing more communities into hunger, so food insecurity could surge in severity, said a UN study.

Food insecurity affects more than one million Dominicans

Published on: May 8, 2023
10:05

Santo Domingo, May 8 (Prensa Latina) A report by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAC) places the Dominican Republic in the fifth position on the list of countries with the highest nutritional insecurity in the region, with more than one million people.

Over 17 million Yemenis suffer from food insecurity

Published on: February 21, 2023
08:47

Aden, Yemen, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) Over 17 million Yemenis out of a total of 31 million suffer from food insecurity, including 3.5 million affected by acute malnutrition, warned the United Nations in its latest release on the country.

Food insecurity in Lebanon requires urgent assistance

Published on: January 19, 2023
10:18

Beirut, Jan 19 (Prensa Latina) Around two million people in Lebanon require urgent assistance due to problems in accessing food and other basic needs as a consequence of the worsening of the economic and financial crisis.

Haitian PM vows to support domestic agriculture

Published on: January 6, 2023
15:48

Port-au-Prince, Jan 6 (Prensa Latina) Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Friday owned up to his country´s lacking of domestic food production and pledged to support agriculture to downgrade food insecurity rates.

More than eight million Pakistanis suffer from food insecurity

Published on: December 5, 2022
10:04

Islamabad, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The catastrophic floods that occurred this year in Pakistan raised the number of people facing food insecurity in the country to 8.62 million, the NGO "Save the Children" warned.

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